Analysis of Ibn Arabi's Mystical Principles in Development of Examples of Perfect Human

Subject Areas : Islamic Mysticism

Abbas Bakhshandeh Bali ¹ (Associate Professor of Islamic Philosophy and Theology, University of Mazandaran)

Received: 2023-12-22 Accepted : 2023-12-22 Published : 2023-12-22

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Abstract :

One of the topics that have been studied in various schools and ideas is the issue of the Perfect Human. Although Muslim mystics also paid attention to this discussion, Ibn Arabi was able to enrich it enough, which is evident in his writings. The abundance of definitions of the Perfect Human has caused damage to the issue that its limit is not determined. Therefore, this article will use a descriptive-analytical method to examine the mystical foundations of Ibn Arabi and ask whether Ibn Arabi believes in the limitation of the examples of the ideal man to the prophets and saints or to the development of its examples and the truth of the seekers. Other who reached specific authorities? The findings of this study indicate that although the divine messengers are in the highest position of the ideal human being, but according to Ibn Arabi's definition of the ideal human being, adding himself as the seal of the bound state, introducing several examples of ideal and interpretive human beings. Which introduces the breadth and capacity of each human being to reach perfection, multiplicity is concluded in the examples of the ideal human being